# bat phone

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for important calls

## Etymology
From bat- + phone, after Commissioner Gordon's secure line to the Batphone in the 1960s-era Batman television show.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bat-phone